Predicting the invasion risk by the alien bee-hawking Yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax across Europe and other continents with niche models

Villemant, Claire; Barbet‐Massin, Morgane; Perrard, A.; Müller, Franck; Gargominy, Olivier; Jiguet, Frédéric; Rome, Quentin

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2011.04.009

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“…Conversely, our estimated values are similar to the spread rate of the species in South Korea (Choi et al 2012). The low spread rate in South Korea could probably be related to the richer hornet community, with six other species that could compete with the yellow-legged hornet; instead the part of Europe so far invaded by the yellow-legged hornet host only the native Vespa crabro L. (Rome et al 2009;Villemant et al 2011a;Choi et al 2012).…”

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confidence: 78%

“…Adult wasps prey on bees and contribute to the loss of honeybee colonies (Monceau et al 2013(Monceau et al , 2014; there are also indications that the species could exert a negative effect on ecosystems by preying on wild insects (Beggs et al 2011). Colonial nests are often established in urban areas, therefore attacks to humans are possible (De Haro et al 2010;Villemant et al 2011a;Liu et al 2015;Tabar et al 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The spread of the yellow-legged hornet in Europe was characterized by a mix of a natural dispersal with a diffusion-like process (Suarez et al 2001;Villemant et al 2011a) and sudden jumps due to the passive transport of inseminated queens with commodities and vehicles (Marris et al 2011). Discriminating the effects of these two sources of dispersal is difficult, though it would be helpful for the establishment of an early warning system and to develop control plans.…”

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“…The arrival of the yellow-legged hornet in Italy was predicted by the progressive expansion of the species in France and modeling scenarios (Villemant et al 2011a). Therefore, a monitoring system was established in 2007 in the north-west of Italy close to the French border, in Liguria and Piedmont regions, with the aim to detect the first animals entering the country Porporato et al 2014).…”

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Spread of the invasive yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Italy

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The yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina Lepeletier, accidentally introduced into France in 2004, is rapidly colonizing other European countries. In Italy the species is spreading throughout the northwest part of the country.Setting up management plans for controlling invasive alien species requires the understanding of the spread modalities and distribution range of the species, information currently not available for the yellow-legged hornet in Italy. Aims of this work are to reconstruct the spread of the yellowlegged hornet from its first arrival in the country, evaluating its distribution range and spread modalities.The area occupied by the species increased from 205 km 2 in 2013 to 930 km 2 in 2015. In 2015 the frontline of the species was at 55 km along the coast from the French border, with a linear spread of 18.3 ± 3.3 km/year. A human-mediated dispersion could be recognized in different occasions. A cluster analysis of the range allowed the identification of 17 core areas used by the species, with a mean nest density of 2.9-3.5 nests/km 2 . These information are fundamental to improve control plans and to establish an early warning and rapid response system for the yellow-legged hornet in Italy, and therefore setup an effective management plan for the species.

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confidence: 78%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Spread of the invasive yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Italy

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“…This information could help finding colonies and give a scale for potential control methods application. However, only models concerning nest distribution are available (Bessa, Carvalho, Gomes, & Santarém, 2016; Franklin et al., 2017; Monceau & Thiéry, 2017; Robinet, Suppo, & Darrouzet, 2016; Villemant et al., 2011). Risk assessment that integrates the action range of V. velutina is still missing but is unavoidable to progress in the management of this alien predator.…”

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Activity rhythm and action range of workers of the invasive hornet predator of honeybees Vespa velutina, measured by radio frequency identification tags

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Ecology and Evolution

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In social insects, the activity rhythm of foragers and their action range determinate the activity of the colony. In vespids, which are mostly predators, the foraging range of workers determines their maximum predation pressure round the nest. One of these species, Vespa velutina, a recently invasive species introduced into Europe, exerts a strong predation on honeybees at the hive. Therefore, the definition of its activity rhythm and spatial range of predation is of primary importance. Using radio frequency identification tags (RFID), two experiments were carried out to (a) determine their return ability (called homing) in releasing 318 individuals at different distance from their colony and (b) monitor their foraging activity rhythm and the duration of their flights based on 71 individuals followed 24 hr/24 during 2 months. The homing ability of V. velutina was evaluated to be up to 5,000 m and was not affected by the cardinal orientation of release point. The lag time to return to the nest increased with the distance of release. Most of the flight activity took place between 07:00 a.m. and 08:00 p.m., hornets doing principally short flights of less than an hour. Foraging range was thus estimated ca. 1,000 m around the nest. This study of V. velutina assisted by RFID tags provides for the first time a baseline for its potential foraging distance that increase our knowledge of this species to (a) refine more accurately models for risk assessment and (b) define security perimeter for early detection of predation on invasion front.

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Hymenoptera and Conservation

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Predicting the invasion risk by the alien bee-hawking Yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax across Europe and other continents with niche models

Cited by 166 publications

References 74 publications

Spread of the invasive yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Italy

Spread of the invasive yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Italy

Activity rhythm and action range of workers of the invasive hornet predator of honeybees Vespa velutina, measured by radio frequency identification tags

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